Minnesota will expect to see a significantly larger foal crop in 2013, following a report released by the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association that the number of registered broodmares in the state has increased by 77 percent for the current foaling year.
All broodmares that will be foaling in Minnesota are required to be registered by March 15 of the year they will foal.
Hamazing Destiny, runner-up in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and a Grade 3 winner for Westrock Stables and Barry Butzow, has been retired and will stand at Westrock near Little Rock, Ark. A 7-year-old Salt Lake horse, Hamazing Destiny will stand for a private fee, and John McKay of Westrock said that the partners will breed him to several of their mares to begin his career.
The Retired Racehorse Training Project and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program will host their annual "Thoroughbreds For All" event to promote the adoption of ex-racehorses on Friday, April 26 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
The event, which is held in conjunction with the Rolex Kentucky three-day event, will be held at West Wind Farm in Lexington, Ky.
The evening begins with a southern-style dinner and cash bar followed by educational sessions that include selecting the right horse for a particular job and how to work with off-the-track Thoroughbreds.
Eliza Park, one of Australia’s top breeding operations, has been put on the market to be sold.
The Eastern Australian operation comprises six properties in Victoria and Queensland. Those properties, along with shares and standing rights to 14 stallions, will be sold by public tender through bloodstock auction company William Inglis. Expressions of interest will be called before a closing tender date of April 26.
Max’s Pal, a Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner, has been relocated to New England Stallion Station in Fitchburg, Mass., where he will stand for an advertised fee of $1,000.
The 16-year-old son of Marquetry had previously stood at Indiana Stallion Station near Anderson, Ind. He has sired eight crops of racing age, led by stakes winners Heaven’s Flame, Max Me Out, and Ready to Rock, as well as Jamaican champion English Storm and Dominican champion Maximus Jet. His progeny have earned over $4.4 million to date.
Rachel Alexandra is still displaying positive signs, such as a good appetite, as the 2009 Horse of the Year continues her recovery from abdominal surgery for foaling complications performed last month at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, an accrediting and fundraising body for aftercare facilities, has named four new members to its board of directors.
Joining the board will be Jimmy Bell, president of Darley America; Craig Bernick, president and CEO of Glen Hill Farm; Bob Elliston, chief operating officer of Breeders Cup Ltd.; and Rachel Kukulewich, national manager of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society.
Activity on the Kentucky Derby trail was relatively light last weekend, as Saturday’s Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park was the only prep race scheduled awarding point to the top finishers. It proved to be one of the most exciting prep races to date, however, as the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Will Take Charge and Oxbow battled through the final sixteenth before Will Take Charge prevailed by a head.
